Las Hojas Del Destino.

This important work of history tells the story of the aviation pioneers who devoted their lives, and often their fortunes, to the evolution of the aeroplane as it exists today. As early as November 1809 Sir George Cayley published a masterly essay practically inventing the aeroplane. It lay forgotten for 62 years, until found by Alphonse Pénaud. In August 1871 Pénaud flew his Planophore, the first model to resemble a modern aeroplane. He had discovered the secret of inherent longitudinal stability. The first flying machine built by Clément Ader, in 1889, was the Eole. Powered by a steam...

The Short Story of Art explores 50 key works, from the wall paintings of Lascaux to contemporary installations, and then links these to sections on art movements, themes and techniques. The design of the book allows the student or art enthusiast to easily navigate their way around key periods, artists and styles. It simplifies and explains the most important and influential concepts in art, and shows how they are linked. The book explains how, why and when art changed, who introduced certain things, what they were, where they were produced, and whether they matter. It demystifies artistic...

Una guía completa para dibujar el cuerpo humano * Aprenda a dibujar el cuerpo humano sin miedo con Jake Spicer, profesor y autor. * Informativa e instructiva, esta guía completa ofrece todas las herramientas necesarias para dibujar la figura humana, del natural o reproducida en una pantalla. * Reúne la enseñanza de las habilidades de observación, expresión y comprensión, con una amplia sección de referencias anatómicas, y las trata desde un enfoque coherente. Comenzando con los principios clave de la observación, este libro le ayudará a construir una base sólida de habilidades...

This volume contains material from three medieval Spanish treatises on linguistics: El arte de trobar by Enrique de Villena (1384-1434); the second book of Gramática castellana by Antonio de Lebrija (1444-1522); and the Arte de la poesía castellana by Juan del Encina (1469-1529).